Junxiang Ding et al. investigated the key factors and underlying mechanisms that regulate the spatial variability of wetland productivity #WetlandDegradation in the lower reaches of #TheYellowRiver.

#Biodiversity | #CommunityFunctionalComposition | #PlantFunctionalTraits | #ProductivitySpatialVariability | #SpeciesRichness | #WetlandEcosystems

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf028

The National Research Council of Canada is making great advances in linking laboratory measurements to satellite measurements by using hyperspectral sensors on uncrewed aerial platforms. Dr. Pablo Arroyo presented some of their research today characterizing wetland vegetation and water levels.

#NationalResearchCouncil #Ottawa #McGillUniversity #Drones #HyperspectralImage #WetlandEcosystems #Wetland #EarthSystemScience

‘Increasingly worried’: more than a quarter of a million waterbirds disappear from eastern Australia

"Drier conditions have led to waterbird numbers in eastern Australia plummeting by 50% compared with 2023, one of the country’s largest wildlife surveys has found.">>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/16/waterbird-populations-plunge-dramatically-as-eastern-australia-dries-up
#biodiversity #birds #WetlandEcosystems #water

My #Introduction:

My name is Janet.
Lifelong #SfBayArea resident.
MS in #MolecularBiology from #SJSU
Currently out of the labor force; pushing 60.
Parent of a #Neurodivergent, #Trans teen.
#T1D #InsulinForAll
Interests include:
#Nature #Wildlife #Environment #ClimateChange #LifeSciences #EarthSciences #History #HistoryOfScience
#NewResearch #Cats #Birds #BirdWatching #AcornWoodpeckers #WetlandEcosystems #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Mystery #LiFi #HistoricalFiction
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